Claims from the president, a former president and other presidential hopefuls made the list.
The Whoppers of 2023
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The Whoppers of 2022
The midterm elections are finally over, but it won’t be long before the 2024 campaign cycle — which will really start in 2023 — gets going. Before that happens, we’ve put together this list of the year’s biggest whoppers that politicians and others made over the past 12 months.
The Whoppers of 2021
COVID-19 misinformation, election fraud whoppers and false claims by and about the new administration dominate our annual list of the most egregious falsehoods of the year.
The Whoppers of 2020
Our list of the 10 most egregious falsehoods of the year.
The Whoppers of 2019
Our compilation of the most egregious falsehoods of the year.
The Whoppers of 2018
Once again, Trump steals the show.
2014 Campaign Whoppers
No shortage of tall tales in the midterm elections, from both parties.
Whoppers of 2013
It’s that time of year again when we look back — perhaps not so fondly — on the most noteworthy nonsense from the past 12 months.
Whoppers of 2012, Final Edition
With only days to go until Election Day 2012, we look here at the most egregiously false and misleading claims from the entire presidential campaign. Some examples …
Whoppers of 2012, Early Edition
Thomas Hobbes’ oft-cited phrase from 1651, “nasty, brutish and short,” does not describe the 2012 presidential campaign — unfortunately. The contest so far has been nasty all right, and disregard for the truth has been brutish on both sides, in our judgment. But alas, it won’t be over until Nov …